You don’t think he’s good looking here??? I do :-) I like the kajal around his eyes…but yes, I will track down a younger picture of him and add it here.

And Banno—yes, I always forget that their sister married Raj Kapoor! His brother Premnath was v.v.v. good-looking too in his young days (and so was Narendranath). He was a hero in several films early on, and had a love affair with Madhubala too before he married Bina Rai (a very beautiful woman herself).

One of my favorites going up as a child in Delhi. A great family of Actors. A perfect entertainer. It was sad to see the filmfare awards just mention his and Manormas name instead of paying a homage to somebody who made us laugh and forget the daily rigors of life.
God may rest him in peace, it is amazing how soon we forget as people age.

He died in the city where I live, and in fact I used to live in the same colony as him for one year. And i came to know of his demise thanks to this blog. His death did not get much coverage in the local papers either.

Incidentally, his brother Premnath had a movie theatre called “Empire” in Jabalpur (home town of the brothers) which began to see bad days after Premnath’s death, because his sons would not bother to take care of it. And now this theatre, which was close for several decades, has been acquired by the Military on whose land it was built.

Late Johny Walker sahab, Mehmood sahab aur Rajendranath sahab were the best (trilogy) comedians of my late dad`s era. Use to enjoy their movies as a child myself. aaj jab wapas dekhta hoon (thx to various websites/internet online movies), a realization dawns upon me. Their scripts were always well researched and well written. Meant to make us laugh and at the same time always had messages for audiences.
Bravo. Rest in peace sahabji all three great ones.